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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. unwilling to spend;
- Example: "she practices economy without being stingy"
- Example: "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
[syn: stingy, ungenerous]

2. deficient in amount or quality or extent;
- Example: "meager resources"
- Example: "meager fare"
[syn: meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stingy \Sting"y\, a.
   Stinging; able to sting.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.]
   [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging;
   hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious;
   or cf. E. skinch.]
   Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly;
   miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
   [1913 Webster]

         A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of
         choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it
         began to be rotten.                      --L'estrange.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stingy
    adj 1: unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being
           stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
           [syn: stingy, ungenerous] [ant: generous]
    2: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources";
       "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy,
       scrimpy] [ant: ample]